GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |